Posts Tagged recall

Is irony dead? “I don’t recall.” Recalls are a fact of life for vehicle manufacturers, and a very important mechanism for consumer protection. Still, sometimes it seems like the system can err on the side of caution. This is especially noticeable when that caution is standing waist high in a…

While it hasn’t yet been formally announced, it appears that BMW is on the verge of recalling every i3 that has been sold in the US since the 2014 launch (roughly 30,000 units). In addition, a Stop Sale order has been made, meaning no more i3s will be delivered to…

This is not the first Model X seat-related recall. That first recall was due to a fault in the third-row seats, this latest recall is linked to the second-row seats. Tesla has issued a recall for 11,000 Model X due to a problem with the second-row seats. The issue is…

Nissan has announced a recall that affects some 2015 through 2017 Model Year LEAFs. The recall is linked to a fault in the front passenger airbag system. Due to a manufacturing error within the airbag inflators, the front passenger airbag may not deploy correctly in the event of a crash….

Some “journalists” will go to the extreme to attack Tesla. The Street decided that Tesla’s innocuous third-party recall regarding a parking brake component should be billed as one of the biggest automotive blunders of all time. And they figured the best way to illustrate the story, is, of course, a Tesla pop-up store….

Do drivers even use parking brakes these days? Whether or not the parking brake gets utilized, it still needs to function as intended. Unfortunately for Tesla and owners of Model S and X vehicles built from February 2016 through October 2016, a manufacturing issue means that the parking brake may…

Toyota announced that all of its Mirai hydrogen fuel cell cars are affected by a software glitch that needs a recall to repair; an issue that an over-the-air update system probably could have alleviated seamlessly. To date, 2,843 Mirai have been sold worldwide since December 2014 (mainly in Japan and the…

Tesla Motors has issued a voluntary recall of 7,000 charging adapters. The recall comes after two Tesla owners reported overheating of the affected adapters back in November. According to Bloomberg: “Two customers reported overheating in November, according to an e-mail the company sent to customers Tuesday. No damage besides the…

General Motors is recalling approximately 4 million vehicles, including some 2014-2016 Chevrolet Sparks EVs, to fix a potential airbag issues that’s been linked to at least one death. According to the automakers, there’s a chance that the front air bags in the affected vehicles could enter a test mode and…

Autocar is reporting that all of the Porsche 918 Spyders sold in the U.S. are being recalled due to a seatbelt-related issue. The problem, it seems, is that “incorrect fixing screws” may have been used for the seatbelt mounts and belt reels. Autocar states: “The issue has arisen due to…

Nissan is recalling approximately 4,300 2016 LEAFs sold in the U.S. due to an airbag-related issue. Nissan says that the airbag recall is due to a supplier error. Apparently, the supplier of the passenger airbag wiring harness manufactured the parts out of specification. This means that the harness could disconnect…

The Ford Focus Electric appears to be the most-recalled electric car out there. This latest recall brings the count to four (at least 4 major incidents we believe anyway) for the Focus Electric, just ahead of the Fiat 500e, which recently hit three in late May. The issue, according to Ford,…